Posthuman Mythology in El Gusano by Luis Carlos Barragán Castro: the (Un)Becoming of the Human Species

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2023.29.9

Keywords:

Luis Carlos Barragán Castro, Posthumanism , Community, Mythology

Abstract

The paper analyzes the novel El Gusano (2018 [2021]), by Luis Carlos Barragán Castro, a work in which beings can literally fuse and obtain shared characteristics. We read the text of the Colombian writer as a posthuman mythology about the (un)becoming of the human species, first with respect to the post-human paradoxes of fusion, and second with fusion considered as a paradoxical anthropogenic mythology. The former will allow us to reach a conclusion to the dilemma that lies in the novel about making differences within a community converge.

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Published

2023-07-26

How to Cite

Mercier, C. (2023). Posthuman Mythology in El Gusano by Luis Carlos Barragán Castro: the (Un)Becoming of the Human Species. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (29), 142–160. https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2023.29.9

Issue

No. 29 (2023): Escritura, crítica y crisis climática: el trabajo académico en la era de la extinción

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Miscellaneous

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